a walk along the Caldon Canal

Bridge on Stoke Road, Howard Place 

 


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Cauldon Place Bridge and Lock No. 3

  • Bridge No. 4 and Lock No. 3 on the Caldon Canal.

  • The bridge carries the Caldon Canal underneath Stoke Road - which leads from Howard Place, Shelton to Stoke.  

  • Cauldon Place Bridge is named after Cauldon Place.

  • Although similar in name the Caldon Canal does not get its name from Cauldon Place (or vice-versa).

  • The Cauldon Place pottery works was built by Job Ridgway around 1802. 

  • The works were taken and developed by Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. 

  • Later the Cauldon College was built on the site of the pottery.

  • Originally the pottery works was level with the canal, subsidence was caused by mining works resulted in the difference in levels. 

 


 

the route of the Caldon Canal from Etruria to Froghall
the route of the Caldon Canal from Etruria to Froghall

 

Cauldon Place Bridge on the Caldon Canal
Cauldon Place Bridge on the Caldon Canal

Google Maps

 

Cauldon Place Bridge
Cauldon Place Bridge-  1898 map 
the Caldon Canal passes under Stoke Road, Howard Place 
 on this map there is no lock - it was added later to cope with the general subsidence in the area 

The Cauldon Place pottery works of Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. runs alongside the canal. 
A Wharf, glass works and china works are on the opposite side of the canal 

 


similar view c.2010 as the 1898 map above
one of Stoke-on-Trent's colleges sits on the site of the pottery works
on the opposite side of the canal a health centre was built on the site of the wharf and glass works

Google Maps

 

 


1907 trade journal

 

Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co pottery works at Cauldon Place - 1893
Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co pottery works at Cauldon Place - 1893

this view is from Stoke Road, the Caldon Canal is to the left
Stoke-on-Trent College is now on this site

 

"The factory is on the main road from Stoke in the direction of Shelton, the works extending in a rearward direction towards the New Hanley Park."

"Much of the raw material used is conveyed by means of the canal which is in immediate proximity to the works, the chief ingredients comprising ball or blue clay, China clay, flints, and (for the best classes of porcelain) ox bones, largely derived from the South American markets. At the principal works a staff numbering about one thousand four hundred hands finds constant employment, a number of workers hardly exceeded, we believe, by any earthenware manufactory in the Potteries."

1893 advertising and trade journal

 

 

 

Stoke Road
Stoke Road 

 

 

1907 trade journal

 

 

Robert Reeves & Co. Ltd., tea blenders & wholesale grocers
Robert Reeves & Co. Ltd., tea blenders & wholesale grocers
on Stoke Road which runs over bridge No. 4 

this building is now used as student accomodation

 

 

 


lock No. 3

 

lock No. 3 - looking towards Hanley Park- on the left is Shelton Health Centre
lock No. 3 - looking towards Hanley Park- on the left is Shelton Health Centre

 


looking back along the canal to Stoke Road
on the left is the wharf keepers cottage and the health centre which was built on the site of the Falcon Glass  Works

 

 

 

looking back along the canal to Stoke Road - on the left is the Cauldon Campus of Stoke-on-Trent College
looking back along the canal to Stoke Road - on the left is the Cauldon Campus of Stoke-on-Trent College

the difference in level between the canal and the college site is clear in this photo.
originally the pottery works (which was on this site) was level with the canal
subsidence was caused by mining works resulted in the difference in levels 

 

a previous gateway in the wall which was used for unloading raw materials for the pottery works
a previous gateway in the wall which was used for unloading raw materials for the pottery works 

"Much of the raw material used is conveyed by means of the canal which is in immediate proximity to the works" 

 

 

evidence of windows in the wall demonstrate the subsidence
evidence of windows in the wall demonstrate the subsidence

 

 

 

the Norfolk Inn on Norfolk Street
the Norfolk Inn on Norfolk Street

 

 

 

the Caldon Canal passes under the Cauldon Place Bridge on Stoke Road
the Caldon Canal passes under the Cauldon Place Bridge on Stoke Road 

Bing Maps

 

 

 

Cauldon Place - the entrance to Stoke-on-Trent College
Cauldon Place - the entrance to Stoke-on-Trent College

behind the college sign on the left of the entrance is the name "Cauldon Place"

 

 

the electricity sub-station in the grounds of Stoke-on-Trent College
the electricity sub-station in the grounds of Stoke-on-Trent College

 

Cauldon Place sub-station
Cauldon Place sub-station

 

the name "Cauldon Place" can be seen behind the college sign
the name "Cauldon Place" can be seen behind the college sign 

 

 

 

wharf keepers cottage at Howard Place - to the right is Cauldon Place bridge
wharf keepers cottage at Howard Place - to the right is Cauldon Place bridge 

 

 


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related pages 

Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Falcon Glassworks - Norfolk Street, Cauldon

John Ridgway & Shelton - Walk around the Howard and Cauldon Place area of Shelton in the 1850-1890 period. The Ridgway pottery family and the development of the streets and houses.

Howard Place and Snow Hill, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.